Brazil presidential campaign in doubt after leading candidate stabbed
A knife-wielding man stabbed far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro at a campaign rally on Thursday.
Jair Bolsonaro grimaces after being stabbed in the stomach (AP...

Sirius suffers as funding costs rise for North Yorkshire mine project
The company is building a 37-kilometre underground tunnel.
The North York Moors (PA)
Shares in Sirius Minerals tanked on Thursday after the firm...

White House officials are living in a crisis of their own making
US President Donald Trump
The 'New York Times' published an extraordinary column by an anonymous contributor identified as a "senior official...

US defence secretary makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
James Mattis arrived in Kabul as the US ramps up efforts to end the country’s war.
Jim Mattis (AP)
American defence secretary James Mattis has arrived...

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley faces kicking over failings
Two influential advisory groups have recommended that shareholders vote against the billionaire’s re-election as chief executive at the company’s AGM.
Shareholders have been urged...

Watch: 20 slow lorises get first taste of freedom in Indonesian rainforest
The animals were all previously being kept as pets before they were surrendered to authorities
(International Animal Rescue)
Twenty rescused slow lorises...